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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers
The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...
June 2020
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The Story of Stashed Whale Baleen
In 2012, John Ososky, a specimen preparator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum...
September 2019
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What the Megalodon Left Behind
The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
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Ocean Objects of Wonder
As humans, we are constantly learning. Not only as individuals from the moment we...
March 2017
Personal Perspectives
Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180
How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...
July 2014
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic
Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...
March 2014
Personal Perspectives
Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice
The threat that climate change poses to polar bears has received a lot of...
September 2013
Personal Perspectives
Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale
Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...
March 2012
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A Guide to Earthquake Lesson Plans
It isn’t everyday that a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes the East Coast of the...
August 2011
Personal Perspectives
Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery
You never know where following your passions can take you. I came to the...
July 2011
Personal Perspectives
What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth
When he was 10 years old, Stephen Cairns lived in Cuba where he kept a collection...
May 2011
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Still Blue After a Century of Ocean Science and Exploration
This year marks 100 years since the National Museum of Natural History opened its...
September 2010